European Seaway at Calais port |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | European Seaway |
| Owner: | 1993-2002: P&O European Ferries (Dover) Ltd 2002-present: P & O Ferries Ltd |
| Operator: | P&O Ferries |
| Port of registry: | Dover, United Kingdom |
| Route: | 1992-2002: Dover-Zeebrugge 2002-2003: Dover-Calais 2004 Laid up 2005-present:Dover-Calais |
| Builder: | Schichau Unterweser AG, Germany |
| Yard number: | 1075 |
| Laid down: | 15 October 1990 |
| Launched: | 20 April 1991 |
| Completed: | 2 October 1991 |
| Maiden voyage: | 7 October 1991 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9007283 |
| Status: | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 22,986 tonnes |
| Length: | 179.7 m (589.6 ft) |
| Beam: | 28.3 m (92.8 ft) |
| Draft: | 6.27 m (20.6 ft) |
| Installed power: | 4 x Sulzer 8ZA40S Diesels |
| Propulsion: | Two controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Capacity: | 200 passengers 124 15m freight vehicles |
MS European Seaway is a cross-channel ferry operated by P&O Ferries from Dover.
MS European Seaway was the first of four freight ferries ordered by P&O European Ferries for the Dover-Zeebrugge route. She remained on the Dover – Zeebrugge route until 2000 when she alternated between the Calais and Zeebrugge routes. In 2003 she was moved to Dover – Calais full time after the Zeebrugge route closed but was laid up in 2004 returning to the route in 2005.
As built the ship was identical to European Highway and European Pathway. The fourth 'European Class' freight ferry was converted to a multi-purpose vessel for the Dover-Calais route and named MS Pride of Burgundy though she still retained a number of similarities. European Seaway is now the only member of the class in 'as built' condition following the conversion of the European Pathway and European Highway, now MS Pride of Kent and MS Pride of Canterbury respectively, to multi-purpose ships for the Dover-Calais route.[1]